Casting Announced for NYMF 2008 Shows!
Posted by NYMF on 1:25 pm Aug 27th, 2008(More news)
It's a NYMF Parade of Stars! Every year, New York's hottest theater actors line up to donate their time and talent to be in Festival shows, and 2008 is no different.
Among those on tap for this season are:
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Pamela Myers (original Broadway cast of Company), Barbara Walsh (John Doyle revival of Company, Falsettos), and Mark Zimmerman (A Catered Affair) in ABOUT FACE
Celina Carvajal ("Legally Blonde: The Search for the Next Elle Woods") and Brian Charles Rooney (Threepenny Opera) in BEDBUGS!!!
Kevin Cahoon (The Wedding Singer, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and Jason Wooten (The Times They Are A-Changin', Rocky Horror) in BONNIE & CLYDE
Danielle Lee Greaves (Rent) and John Jeffrey Martin (original Troy in the High School Musical tour) in THE BUBBLE
Brandon Espinoza (Gypsy, Les Miserables), Juliana Ashley Hansen ("Grease: You're The One That I Want," Saved), Emily Klein (Parade), and Sandy Rosenberg (Mamma Mia!, The Scarlet Pimpernel) in COLLEGE
Jim J. Bullock ("Too Close For Comfort," Hairspray) in THE FANCY BOYS FOLLIES
Caroline O'Connor (Chicago, Baz Luhrman's "Moulin Rouge") and Paul Kandel (Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar) in THE HATPIN
Lisa Asher (New York Nightlife Award, MAC Award winner), Chuck Saculla (Aida, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Claire Slemmer ("The Shawshank Redemption," "The Insider") and Rebecca Spencer (Phantom, Jekyll and Hyde, Jerry Springer) in HEAVEN IN YOUR POCKET
Joe Barbara (Grease!), Bill Corry (Inherit the Wind) and Jodie Langel (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change; Les Miserables) in I COME FOR LOVE
Ramona Keller (Brooklyn, Caroline or Change) and Bill Nolte (The Producers) in IDAHO!
Will Taylor (A Chorus Line) in JASON AND BEN
Liz Larsen (Hairspray, The Most Happy Fella), Austin Miller ("Grease: You're The One That I Want," Hairspray), Chandra Lee Schwartz (Hairspray, original Sharpay in the High School Musical tour), and Stuart Zagnit (The Wild Party, Seussical) in THE JERUSALEM SYNDROME
Becca Ayers (South Pacific; Sarah, Plain and Tall), Jared Gertner (Spelling Bee), J. Elaine Marcos (A Chorus Line, Wedding Singer) and Joe Aaron Reid (Chicago, Curtains) in LINES
Donna Lynne Champlin (Tony nominee for Hollywood Arms, Sweeney Todd) in LOVE JERRY
Steven Booth (Glory Days), Gavin Creel (Mary Poppins, Thoroughly Modern Millie), Mary Faber (Saved, Avenue Q), and Aaron Tveit (Next To Normal, Saved) in PASEK & PAUL CONCERT
Sally Mayes (She Loves Me, Urban Cowboy) and Josh Strickland (Tarzan) in PLAY IT COOL
Matt Cavanaugh (A Catered Affair, Urban Cowboy), Gavin Creel (Mary Poppins, Thouroughly Modern Millie) Malcolm Gets (A New Brain), Adam Jacobs (Les Miserables), and Jose Llana (Flower Drum Song, Spelling Bee) in PROSPECT CONCERT
Brooke Sunny Moriber (The Wild Party,Threepenny Opera) and Ann Morrison (Merrily We Roll Along, LoveMusik) in THE ROAD TO RUIN
Heather Laws (Company), Charles Karel (Dear World), Paul Anthony Stewart (Fiddler on the Roof) and Tia ZorneBeauty and the Beast) in SHE CAN'T BELIEVE SHE SAID THAT
Natalie Venetia Belcon (Avenue Q), Chuck Cooper (Tony winner for The Life), Adam Halpin (Glory Days), and Valerie Wright (Annie Get Your Gun) in TWILIGHT IN MANCHEGO
Cady Huffman (Tony winner for The Producers, Tony nominee for The Will Rogers Follies), Jason Michael Snow (Saved) and Kate Wetherhead (Legally Blonde, Spelling Bee) in WOOD
And we've got a distinguished group behind the scenes, too:
BONNIE AND CLYDE's bookwriter Hunter Foster (The Producers) and director Mark Waldrop (Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly)
THE BUBBLE's composer/co-lyricist David Pack (Grammy winner, best known for the #1 hit "All I Need" sung by Jack Wagner)
CASTRONAUTS's bookwriter/lyricist Bobby Houston (Oscar winner for Mighty Times: The Children's March)
COLLEGE's director Jeremy Dobrish (founder of Adobe Theater, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged))
THE FANCY BOYS FOLLIES' co-composer Michael Skloff (co-producer of the "Friends" theme song, "I'll Be There for You")
IDAHO's composer/bookwriter/lyricist Buddy Sheffield (Emmy nominated head writer for "In Living Color")
PROZAK AND THE PLATYPUS's composer Jill Sobule (underground singer/songwriter best known for the radio hit "I Kissed a Girl")
SHE CAN'T BELIEVE SHE SAID THAT's composer/lyricist/bookwriter Matt Prager ("South Park") and director Josh Hecht (Christine Jorgensen Reveals)
THAT OTHER WOMAN'S CHILD's composer/lyricist/bookwriter, George S. Clinton (composer for numerous films including the Austin Powers series and Santa Clause 2, and Emmy nominee for HBO's miniseries Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee)
TO PAINT THE EARTH's director Michael Bush (The Story of My Life)
TWILIGHT IN MANCHEGO's director Billy Porter (Ghetto Superstar, Being Alive)
